Stormy Scott turned his
season around in a big way with
a thrilling victory in the fifth
round of the 9th Annual Summit
USMTS Winter Speedweeks
presented by MSD Performance
Saturday night at the Whynot
Motorsports Park.

After
failing to even make it to the
finish line in all four of the
previous main events in this
2018 campaign, the 2-year-old
from Las Cruces, N.M., put it
all together at the 'House of
Hook' after a spirited tussle
with Cade Dillard in the
caution-free 40-lapper.

Jason Krohn stepped up to the
plate from his front row start
and led most of the first half
of the race with Dillard
breathing down his neck and
Scott lingering in third. With
15 laps down, Scott went by
Dillard and then powered
underneath Krohn for the lead as
they came to the flagstand to
complete lap 18.

Forced
to navigate lapped traffic the
rest of the way, Scott and
Dillard sped away from the field
with Scott showing the way on
the bottom and Dillard on the
gas around the high side.

With 13 laps to go, Dillard
shot by Scott down the
back-stretch and led for the
first time this season with 28
orbits in the books.

Scott remained faithful to the
short way around the smooth
3/8-mile of red clay and reeled
Dillard back in, eventually
taking the lead for good with
just six laps left as he won
going away for his 45th career
USMTS triumph and a $3,000
payday.

Dillard was a
solid second while the younger
of the Scott twins-Johnny-clawed
his way to third after starting
13th. Thirty minutes earlier, he
came from last in his Real
Racing Wheels "B" Main to win
that and get a spot in the main
event.

Sunday's event at the
Magnolia Motor Speedway in
Columbus, Miss., has been rained
out, so the next event on deck
is the King of America VIII
presented by Summit Racing
Equipment on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, March 15-17, at
the Humboldt Speedway in
Humboldt, Kan.

Showing finishing position,
starting position in
parentheses, car number, driver,
hometown, chassis/engine
builder, laps completed and
money won. The top 12 in heat
race passing points advanced to
the Summit Racing Equipment "A"
Main with the top 8 redrawing
for the first 8 starting spots.